Welder - 1st shift

The Baker Company • Sanford, ME • 6d ago

Looking for a career where you can use your TIG welding skills to craft products that help make the world a better place? Come build your career at The Baker Company! The Baker Company has led the industry in clean air, containment, and incubation technology for over 70 years. Our products are used worldwide for scientific research, drug discovery, patient care, and more. Join the Baker team, and support sustainable, environmentally friendly laboratories.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Welds or tack welds metal parts together, using spot welding gun or hand, electric, or gas welding equipment.
Fills cavities or corrects malformation in lead parts and hammers out bulges and bends in metal workpieces.
Examines workpiece for defects and measures workpiece with straightedge or template to ensure conformance with specifications.
Climbs ladders to assemble structures.
Moves parts on low lifts.
Test and inspect welded surfaces and structure to discover flaws.
Grind metal as necessary to achieve proper surface texture.
Maintain equipment in a condition that does not compromise safety.
Make every effort to focus on doing-it-right to make sure the customer is happy or satisfied with our units.
Provide value to our customers by using Lean tools and concepts to identify and eliminate waste in all forms (scrap/rework, transportation, motion, waiting, inventory, over production, over processing, and under-utilization of people). Uses systemic thinking by seeing processes from end to end and works to challenge the status quo to eliminate the root cause of problems. Is involved in individual and/or team activities that involve using Lean tools and concepts to improve the flow of information and material.
Other duties as assigned by supervisors or leads.

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS

Meeting production demand
Teamwork
Initiative
Safety conscious

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to lift 10-20 lbs frequently, and up to 50 lbs periodically.
Must be able to assist others in 2 person lifting requirements up to 100 lbs occasionally.
Must be able to stand, stoop, crawl, climb or bend for up to 8 hours.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: